Tuesday, May 11, 2010

mm came home from work,and the kids wanted to go to their schoolto ride bikes.

mm wanted to cut the grass instead.enter my grand plan.

mm could take the kids,i would stay here,and cut the grass.alone.

it was freaking genius!i would finish quickly -leaving plenty of time forsitting on the couch reading,with a cold beverage,and no noise.

"have fun!" i said."be good!" i said."this is SO awesome!" i thought.

i got to work,the evening was cool and breezy.but then guess what?

cutting the grass is pure torture!and it takes forever!i finished just as everyone returned home.plus, i'm so out of shape.andthat hill in the backyard is so steep.i was sweating.a lot.i.don't.like.to.sweat.time for a new grand plan.dang.

Monday, May 10, 2010

and, in honor of mother-in-laws,for mine is pretty awesome,here's a list of...

stuff i have said to my mother-in-law(and *i think* she still likes me!)

1991 - i do not drink that much.1992 - i am totally taking a flower arranging class, so i can arrange my own flowers!1993 - i am totally taking a ballet class! 1994 - i am totally taking an auto-mechanic class, so i can fix my own car!1995 - i will never turn mm's laundry right-side-out while folding. that is his problem.1996 - i am writing my thesis.1997 - ok, now i am writing my thesis, for real.1998 - i am totally having like five kids, at least.1999 - it's been five years, so baby any time now.2000 - six years, so baby any time now.2001 - almost seven years, so any day now, really!2002 - i will never let my baby "cry it out" - sheesh!2003 - i am buying all new boy furniture, so therefore, i do not want mm's old furniture.2004 - i am feeding my children only organic food.2005 - i think we need a bigger house because i am thinking about a fourth kid.2006 - i am thinking about homeschooling.2007 - i am making our house totally green.2008 - i would like to get a job.2009 - i would not like to get a job.2010 - i do not drink that much.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

"do you like k's new shoes?""more shoes for that child?!?""yeah, some keds.""but they're brown.""uh-huh.""with orange stripes?""uh-huh.""aren't those boy shoes?""yes, i think they are, actually.""what the heck made you buy those?""they were a dollar.""i love them."

Monday, May 3, 2010

so many dr. seuss books i haven't read.i didn't even know he wrote so many.busy dude.

and fun to read.i think i'll make up some new words today.i'll keep you posted.

anyway, isn't it just like dr. seussto speak directly to me,right to my heart,my soul?

i have been known to cry while reading dr. seuss.i know, totally weird.but, oh the places you'll go,just gets me every time.the kids look at me like i'm a freak.mm just shakes his head.

this week we readdid i ever tell you how lucky you are?preach it, seuss."when you think things are bad,when you feel sour and blue,when you start to get mad...you should do what i do!

just tell yourself, duckie,you're really quite lucky!some people are much more...oh, ever so much more...oh, muchly, much-much moreunlucky than you!"

"poor mr. bix!every morning at six,poor mr. bix has his borfin to fix!

it doesn't seem fair. it just doesn't seem right,but his borfin just seems to go shlump every night.it shlumps in a heap, sadly needing repair.bix figures it's due to the local night air.

it takes him all day to un-shlump it.and then...the night air comes backand it shlumps once again!

so don't you feel blue.don't get down in the dumps.you're lucky you don't have a borfin that shlumps."

are you crying yet?no? just me? oh."and suppose that you lived in that forest in france,where the average young person just hasn't a chanceto escape from the perilous pants-eating-plants!but your pants are safe! you're a fortunate guy.you ought to be shouting, "how lucky am i!""